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Syndication refers to when material is made available for publication in a number of different locations. (Such as when an agency that sells articles, features, or photographs for publication in a number of newspapers simultaneously.) 1

An RSS feed is a collection of RSS documents, or news feeds, delivered in a standardized format. (A news feed is used to distribute frequently updated content, such as blog posts, new headlines, YouTube videos or podcasts.) 2

They can be viewed using an RSS reader- which can be web-based (Google Reader), desktop-based (Microsoft Outlook) or mobile-devised-based (gReader).

Why Use an RSS?

An RSS is useful for readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favorite websites as well as review feeds from many sites into one place. It helps with time management as the reader doesn’t have to waste time and effort checking individual sources for updates. Instead, new content is pushed to their RSS reader when it becomes available.

RSS allows users to avoid manually inspecting all of the websites they are interested in, and instead subscribe to websites such that all new content is pushed onto their browsers when it becomes available.